La lectura

This week we read a very fun book: Dragones y Tacos!  The kids LOVED it!

We practiced a lot of sentence formation, orally and in written form.  Students have progressed to writing two sentences in their writing journals.

PLEASE try to remember to have your child read to you each and every day.  Reading really is the most important thing you can do for your child’s education.  I saw some disappointed kiddos this week when they repeatedly did not pass to a new book.  Daily practice will certainly help them achieve this goal!

Las matemáticas

We completed our measurement unit this week with comparisons of height, length, and weight.  This was a really fun unit for the kiddos!  They are doing such a great job using their math skills and sentence skills!

After break we will spend some time working with addition and subtraction stories.  Please be sure to continue reading during break because this will help them be ready for math story-problems when they return!

 

History & Geography

This week in Colonial trades people, we learned about education for boys and girls and schools . We read a story, called “Three Merry Wives” and “Stone Soup”. Both stories reviewed trades, their material and tools . In Daily Geography we worked on location and places relative to land and water.  We have a field trip on April 16 to Fort Vancouver.  This trip will support our Colonial trades people unit.  Please return the permission slips ASAP.  Students will need to get a ride with their parent or an arranged driver.  Their is a sign up sheet outside the classroom for students who need a ride and drivers who have room for additional classmates in their car.

Our weekly objectives were to:

•  describe characteristics of colonial common schools

• describe a teacher as a townsperson responsible for educating young people

• identify, and associate with trade, the tools and material used

• act out the story using information based on literary language (plot, setting, etc.) and temporal vocabulary (first, next, finally)

• use and recognize location vocabulary, answer questions about locations

Science

Science

This week in our Taking Care of the Earth domain we finished up our lessons and did some review activities and an air pollution experiment. We took our unit assessment on Friday. We also wrote about what we can do to take care of the earth in our journals.

Our weekly objectives were to:

•  identify possible solutions for the problems of garbage, litter, pollution, and conserving natural resources discussed throughout the domain

• understand why people have a special responsibility to take care of the earth.

 

Specialists

Art with Ms. Kelly

Dr. Seuss Week: We read McElligotts Pool (my favorite) and the students designed and painted their own fun imaginary fish! 

Art with Miss Karen: The students used oil pastel and colorful ink to make a design with their hand print and patterns.

First Day of Spring: The focus was using shapes of letters to draw a bird. All the spring birds on the bulletin board started with a capital D!

Japanese Cherry Blossoms: The students learned how to use cardboard scraps dipped in paint to create a capital Y tree shape, and then q-tips dipped in paint for the blossoms. We learned that Japan gave 3000 cherry trees to our nation’s capitol in 1912, to honor the friendship between our country and Japan.

Have a wonderful Spring Break!